Bethany Christian Trust

Grace House, a new supported residential community in Glasgow for women experiencing homelessness and multiple disadvantage, has welcomed its first resident. Opened by national homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust, Grace House provides a safe, welcoming home for up to eight women, with inten

Fife Council is expanding its Housing First programme to help more people with complex needs access a stable home and personalised support. Approved by the Ending Homelessness Together Board, the programme will grow from 115 to 200 tenancies.

Kirsty Roebuck, a project worker at Bethany Christian Trust and support worker at Simon Community Scotland, argues for a gendered analysis of homelessness due to differences in experiences between men and women. Gender differences can be seen from the onset of homelessness. Research has shown that t

A service providing emergency accommodation for people sleeping rough over winter will be able to continue throughout the year, thanks to a funding commitment by the City of Edinburgh Council. The Welcome Centre, run by Bethany Christian Trust at the council-owned ELS House on Gorgie Road, was due t

People facing homelessness in Scotland are once again at risk of trauma and harm as the housing emergency threatens the return of old-style communal night shelters, experts fear.

Scottish homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust is taking part in the 2025 Big Give Christmas Challenge, with every donation being doubled for one week only, thanks to generous match funding.

Scottish homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust has once again opened its doors for those facing a winter’s night on the cold streets of Edinburgh. Last season, Bethany’s Rapid Re-accommodation Welcome Centre protected a person from sleeping on the streets a total of 11,583 times.

A social enterprise known for transforming the lives of people experiencing homelessness through barista training has launched a new impact programme in Scotland this month.

Homelessness organisations have criticised plans by the City of Edinburgh Council to move 700 homeless people out of unlicensed temporary accommodation before the start of December.

National homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust has announced its latest Investing in Volunteers Award from Volunteer Scotland on Tuesday 2nd July at its Edinburgh office in Leith. Investing in Volunteers is the UK quality standard for all organisations involving volunteers. This award recogni

Bethany Christian Trust has been nominated by the Souter Charitable Trust for The Christian Funders’ Forum Showcase Award. The showcase will be held at the House of Lords in London on 10 October 2024. The Connect to Community service has been nominated as one of the most pioneering and impactf

National homelessness charity Bethany Christian Trust has been awarded the Outstanding Organisation ‘Five Star’ Award by the European Foundation for Quality Management. The charity was presented with the prestigious five-star Recognised by EFQM award by the chief executive of EFQM in Edi

Two Scottish charities have been recognised by the UK’s leading dog welfare organisation for going above and beyond to help keep people experiencing homelessness and their dogs together.

In preparation for Christmas, pupils in Primary 4 from Holy Family RC Primary in Winchburgh gathered to raise an amazing £600 towards the work of Bethany Christian Trust through handcrafted gift sales and donations from their teachers. This amazing gift reflected lots of hard work by the prima

More than 200 Guides, Rangers, Young Leaders and adult volunteers gave up their beds to sleep outside in the grounds of George Heriot’s School in October to raise money to help people in Scotland who are experiencing homelessness. Since then, they have raised an amazing £21,000.